Italian filmmaker and actor Daphne Di Cinto (Bridgerton) screens her film, Il Moro (The Moor), longlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards. This captivating film delves into the extraordinary life of the first Duke of Florence in 1530, Alessandro de’ Medici, who happens to be the first black man to ascend to the position of head of state in modern Western Europe. The film presents a compelling narrative, shedding light on an often-overlooked historical figure and his significant role in European history. In Italian with English subtitles. Followed by an audience Q&A with Di Cinto moderated by Program in Visual Arts faculty member Medhin Paolos.
Cosponsored by Princeton’s Department of African American Studies, Humanities Council, and the Department of French & Italian.
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About Daphne Di Cinto
Photo courtesy Daphne Di Cinto
Daphne Di Cinto is a Black Italian screenwriter, director, actor and producer. She began her film and theatre studies in Rome, where she focused on acting at Scuola di Cinema, while getting her degree in Communication Science from Roma Tre University. She attended the faculty of cinema at Sorbonne University in Paris before moving to New York for her Master in Fine Arts at The Actors Studio Drama School. At the moment she is based in London. Daphne is the writer/director/producer of the award-winning short film Il Moro – The Moor, her directorial debut.
As a screenwriter, she is developing both features and series within various genres, from comedy to sci-fi, although she has a soft spot for history. Daphne is interested in topics such as migration, ethnic identity and the female gaze. She was a finalist of the 2020 Phil Fox Award for Playwriting and of Screencraft Film Fund 2021 and a quarter-finalist of Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition 2021.
Daphne received the Cultured Focus Visionary in Film Award during the 79th Venice Film Festival and she was awarded Best Director of a Foreign Language Short at the Madrid International Film Festival.
Daphne played the Duchess of Hastings in the Netflix series Bridgerton.